Biology: Three Domains and Kingdoms

Vocabulary flashcards covering the classification of life into domains and kingdoms, cell types, and nutritional modes described in the lecture.

Domain Archaebacteria

Prokaryotes containing only $1$ kingdom, kingdom Archaebacteria.

Domain Eubacteria

Prokaryotes containing only $1$ kingdom, kingdom Eubacteria.

Domain Eukarya

A domain containing Eukaryotes, which are organisms whose cells have a nucleus; it contains $4$ kingdoms.

Prokaryotes

Organisms whose cells do not have a nucleus.

Eukaryotes

Organisms whose cells have a nucleus.

Kingdom Protista

One of the $4$ kingdoms that fit into domain Eukarya.

Kingdom Fungi

One of the $4$ kingdoms that fit into domain Eukarya.

Kingdom Plantae

One of the $4$ kingdoms that fit into domain Eukarya.

Kingdom Animalia

One of the $4$ kingdoms that fit into domain Eukarya.

Autotrophic

A mode of nutrition where organisms are able to produce their own food.

Heterotrophic

One of the $2$ modes of nutrition used to distinguish organisms of different kingdoms.

Distinguishing Characteristics

The $3$ main characteristics used to distinguish organisms of different kingdoms are mode of nutrition, whether it is unicellular or multicellular, and whether it is a prokaryote or a eukaryote.